Charitable Giving Guidelines

Please review the following guidelines before submitting your request.

Submission deadlines

In order to manage the many inquiries we receive, all requests for financial support must be submitted online. Requests under $1000 will be reviewed on a monthly basis with the deadline for submission being the first of each month. Requests over $1000 are reviewed on a quarterly basis. Deadlines for consideration are the first of January, April, July and October.

To ensure sufficient time for us to review your request and to process the grant should your application be approved, please submit your request at least 90 days in advance of when the funds are needed. In fairness to all applicants, we are unable to process "rush" requests.

Non-profit, tax-exempt status

Our contributions are limited to programs and events that are nonprofit and tax-exempt.

We can only consider requests from organizations that have IRS 501(c)(3) status.

Organizations requesting support must provide a Tax Payer Identification number and must be able to submit, upon request, a copy of the IRS letter affirming the organization's tax-exempt status.

Where we provide support

Our charitable giving programs are designed to support organizations and programs that benefit the communities where large numbers of our associates live and work.

We will consider requests from organizations in the States of California, Delaware, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia and Washington.

Preference will be given to the programs in the communities in and around our major facilities.

What we support

We believe in putting our resources where there is direct benefit to a broad-based spectrum of the community.

We strive to strengthen our communities by focusing our efforts on education, agriculture, the environment, health and social services, public safety and fighting hunger and poverty.

We also support events that celebrate the heritages and cultures of our communities.

We may give additional preference to organizations in which our associates have direct involvement, but the over-arching consideration is the betterment of the community.

We typically do not provide additional funds to organizations we already support through a local United Way campaign.

So that we can focus on these objectives, we are unable to consider requests:

From service, fraternal or veterans organizations

From churches or organizations associated with particular religious denominations

From political action or lobbying groups

To aid a single individual or family

To sponsor an individual or team

To support a participatory fund-raising event, such as a team walk, golf tournament or banquet